Mixed forecast

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Leslie Aaronson, of the Foshay learning Center, delivers her speech “Educating the 21st Century Workforce,” during the 2014 Ventura County Real Estate & Economic Outlook Conference held in Westlake Village on Thursday morning.

Karen Quincy Loberg

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Demosthenes Vardiabasis, a professor of economics at Pepperdine University, addresses the audience during the 2014 Ventura County Real Estate & Economic Outlook Conference held in Westlake Village on Thursday morning.

Karen Quincy Loberg

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Dawn Dyer and Paul Sheehan, of the Dyer Sheehan Group, chat at the 2014 Ventura County Real Estate & Economic Outlook Conference held in Westlake Village on Thursday morning.

Karen Quincy Loberg

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Leslie Aaronson, with the Foshay Learning Center, delivers her speech “Educating the 21st Century Workforce,” during the 2014 Ventura County Real Estate & Economic Outlook Conference held in Westlake Village on Thursday morning.

Karen Quincy Loberg

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Brett Ashkar, a developer with Pacific Heritage Communities, listens to Demosthenes Vardiabasis, a professor of economics at Pepperdine University, addressing the audience at the 2014 Ventura County Real Estate & Economic Outlook Conference held in Westlake Village on Thursday morning.